The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
Joseph Addison
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Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all, only reveals to all that h...
SUZY KASSEM Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
CONFUCIUS Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
CONFUCIUS It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentl...
JOSEPH ADDISON Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
CONFUCIUS To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
CONFUCIUS To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
SOCRATES Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge ...
SOCRATES Yet then from all my grief, O Lord,
Thy mercy set me free,
Whilst in the confidence of pray'r
...
JOSEPH ADDISON I do think we know that a teacher who knows what he or she is doing, knows their subject matter, and...
MARGARET SPELLINGS He who doesn’t know what life is knows nothing.
VIKRANT PARSAI He who thinks he knows, doesn’t know. He who knows that he doesn’t know, knows. For in this cont...
JOSEPH CAMPBELL A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failedI well know. For its a sign that he tried to ...
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU Between us, we cover all knowledge; he knows all that can be known and I know the rest.
MARK TWAIN Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to...
BALTASAR GRACIáN A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried t...
GEORGES CLéMENCEAU No one holds so much knowledge that he can find nothing more interesting to know.
MARIANA FULGER He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - who knows who has written and where it is to be foun...
A. A. HODGE The only difference between a man and god is that man knows nothing but pretends as if he knows ever...
ANURAAG The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something...
GEORGE WASHINGTON BURNAP He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
GEORGE HERBERT He who knows that he doesn't know, knows what he needs to know.
VIKRANT PARSAI He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW He who thinks he knows, doesn't know. He who knows that he doesn't know, knows.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, th...
JOYCE CARY He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives...
OSCAR WILDE He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW In the present day corporate world, it is utmost important to build a personal brand for yourself an...
ABHISHEK RATNA It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know -- the less a man knows, the mor...
JOYCE CARY One is Christianized to the extent that he is a Christianizer. One is evangelized to the extent that...
L.J. SUENENS If to know is to work, then knowledge is the fruit of our own unaided effort and activity; then know...
JOSEF PIEPER There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
IBN GABIROL There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL BEN JUDAH The test of a mans character is not the mistakes he makes but the way he responds to them.
WILLIAM MOYERS He who knows nothing, loves nothing./ He who can do nothing understands nothing./ He who understands...
PHILIPUS AUREOLUS PARACELSUS He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is
capable, cannot acquit himself of...
JOHN LOCKE He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of ...
JOHN LOCKE One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take
HAVELOCK ELLIS I think he knows that he needs every vote he can get. To some extent, by courting these groups, he's...
INGRID REED The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for ...
OSCAR WILDE True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
SOCRATES What passes as a woman's intuition, is usually nothing more than a mans transparency.
UNKNOWN Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to ...
KONRAD LORENZ Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to ...
MICHAEL GARRETT MARINO Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
JOHANN VON GOETHE Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE “A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.”
CARLOS CASTANEDA A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.
CARLOS CASTANEDA It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it.
PROVERB The leader must know, most know that he knows, and must be able to make it abundantly clear to those...
CLARENCE B. RANDALL It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
THOMAS SOWELL We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the un...
GEORGE F. WILL He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
BRAZILIAN PROVERB He who knows nothing, doubts nothing
SPANISH PROVERB One mans stupidity is another mans wisdom.
LINDSAY KOLB A person is not ready to know if he knows that you know it.
VIKRANT PARSAI I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really ...
PLATO Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; Wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
WILLIAM COWPER Each of us assumes everyone else knows what HE is doing. They all assume we know what WE are doing. ...
PHILIP K. DICK If you want to know what a mans like,see how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.''-Sirius black...
J.K. ROWLING For he to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he l...
OSCAR WILDE Any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all...
SUZY KASSEM What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. S...
MALCOLM STEVENSON FORBES What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. S...
MALCOLM S. FORBES Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is...
CARL JUNG Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is...
CARL GUSTAV JUNG Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is...
C.G. JUNG Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows every...
REMY DE GOURMONT This is the constitutional limitation of man's knowledge and interests, the fact that he cannot know...
F.A. HAYEK A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.
ALBERT EINSTEIN May we incorporate into our own lives the divine principles which he [Joseph Smith] so beautifully t...
THOMAS S. MONSON Knowledge is nothing but the memorization of what someone else did, invention is what we know as int...
SIDDHARTH DUBEY This gray spirit yearning in desire/ To follow knowledge like a sinking star,/ Beyond the utmost bou...
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON There is a secret a person with great knowledge discovers along the path to truth. That is, the more...
SUZY KASSEM He who knows he who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows no...
PROVERB I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-ri...
EMMA STONE A scientist knows more & more about less & less till he knows everything about nothing while a philo...
UNKNOWN You will never know of another mans heart ache by words alone
DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows th...
BUDDHA Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the ...
BUDDHA I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking k...
MICHAEL POLANYI Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot...
CORMAC MCCARTHY Knowing that you don't know, is the knowledge, of all the knowledge.
ANUROOP TYAGI He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
THOMAS JEFFERSON He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors
THOMAS JEFFERSON He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him.
He who knows not and knows tha...
ARAB PROVERB He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun him; He who knows not, and knows ...
PERSIAN PROVERB Esoteric or inner knowledge is no different from other kinds of human knowledge and ability. It is a...
RUDOLF STEINER Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and ...
WILLIAM COWPER A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
DR. LAURENCE J. PETER to say nothing of the times he taped me on the telephone without my knowledge.
BRIAN MULRONEY Nobody knows the full extent of the damage, ... The speculation is that it will be worse than Ivan, ...
MARSHALL STEEVES Nobody knows the full extent of the damage. The speculation is that it will be worse than Ivan, but ...
MARSHALL STEEVES A wise person is the one who knows what he knows and what he does not know.
MOHITH AGADI He who knows not, knows not, he knows not, he is a fool shun him.
He who knows not and knows h...
BRUCE LEE All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable that I would ...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I thought to myself, 'I am wiser than this man: neither of us knows anything that is really worthwhi...
SOCRATES The first duty of any Christian is to know God and the wisdom of His Word to the utmost
SUNDAY ADELAJA I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and posse...
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. . . .
Endless...
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...
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JOSEPH ADDISON It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle...
JOSEPH ADDISON What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattere...
JOSEPH ADDISON Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
JOSEPH ADDISON I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fru...
JOSEPH ADDISON I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot r...
JOSEPH ADDISON What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattere...
JOSEPH ADDISON To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great tru...
JOSEPH ADDISON True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, fr...
JOSEPH ADDISON The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon ...
JOSEPH ADDISON Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
JOSEPH ADDISON A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed ...
JOSEPH ADDISON O ye powers that search
The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts,
If I have done amiss,...
JOSEPH ADDISON From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.
JOSEPH ADDISON I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them f...
JOSEPH ADDISON And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
JOSEPH ADDISON Yet then from all my grief, O Lord,
Thy mercy set me free,
Whilst in the confidence of pray'r
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JOSEPH ADDISON It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. ...
JOSEPH ADDISON To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, ...
JOSEPH ADDISON Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
JOSEPH ADDISON